Rail-chair.



R. G. MORROW.

RAIL CHAIR.

APPLIGATIONJ FILED MAR. 27, 1912.

1 1 07,984. Patented Aug. 18, 191i 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

R.. G. MORROW- RAIL CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1912.

1,107,984. Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

Swan/tor ROBERT C. MORROW,

OF THETFORD MINES QUEBEC, CANADA.

RAIL-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 27, 1912. Serial No. 686,709.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

To all whom it may concern: 4

. Be it known that I, ROBERT C. Monnow, a

subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Thetford Mines, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in chairs for railway rails.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a simple and effective chair for securely connecting the meeting ends of a pair of railway rails as well as to support the same against lateral movement or downward movement incident to the rolling stock passing thereover, thereby adding to the life of the rail as well as to the comfort of the traveling public.

I also aim to provide in a device of this character a rail chair constructed of a pair of members having novel and efiective means for securing the base plates thereof together, the said members being each centrally provided with enlargements or reinforcements which are adapted to be arranged at the meeting ends of the rails, one of the said enlargements belng further provlded with a vertical extension which is adapted to.

contact the sides of the heads of the rails upon the outer faces thereof, to prevent the chipping of the rails by the wheels of the rolling stock.

W ith the above recited objects in view and others of a similar nature, the invention resides in the construction, combination and operative arrangements of parts set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a pair of railway rails provided with my improvement, parts of the rail being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, looking toward the outer faces of the rails. Fig. 3 is a similar view looking toward the inner faces of the rails. Fig. 4 is a sectional view upon the line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view upon the line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the rail chair sections. Fig. 7 is a similar view of the co-acting rail chair section.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numerals 1 and 2 designate the meeting ends of a pair of rails. These rails are of the ordinary formation and the said rails are adapted to be supported and connected through the medium of a suitable chair which forms the subject matter of the present application.

The chair contemplates a pair of elements designated respectively by the numerals 3 and 4. The element 3 is adapted to be positioned upon the inner faces of the rail sections and comprises a basemember 5 which is of awidth substantially equaling one half of the width of the base flange of the rails 1 and 2, The base flange 5 has its outer longitudinally extending edge integrally formed with an upset portion 6, to provide a vertical wall, and connected with this wall is an angular extension 7 which lies directly over the base 5. The space between the angular wall 7, the inner face of the vertical wall 6 and the base 5 is sufficient to snugly receive the base flange upon one of the sides of the rails. Integrally formed upon the angular wall 7 is a vertically extending member 8 the same being of a. size and shape to conform with the webs and to underlie as well as to engage with the balls of the rails upon the under faces thereof. The vertical member 8 is of a thickness approximately equaling the distance between the web and the outer face of each of the rail heads.

The numeral 9 designates an integrally formed centrally arranged reinforcement for the base 5. This reinforcing element also connects with the vertical wall and extends a suitable distance beyond the inner edge of the base 5. This extension is reduced and provides a longitudinally arranged channel or groove 10, the purpose of which will presently be set forth.

The section 4 has substantially similar scribed in connection its body portion of a construction to that dewith the section 3, the said section 4 being provided with a centrally arranged reinforcing element or enlargement 11, the same being arranged upon the base plate of the said section, and the vertical longitudinal wall of the said section, the flange as well as the vertical member connected with the flange which is adapted to engage with the base web as well as beneath the ball of the rail. The reinforcement above the said vertical member is extended a distance approximately equaling that of the thickness of the ball of the rails as indicated by the numeral 12. The extension or crest 12 it will be noted efi'ectively sustains the inner edge of the member 11 terminates in.

a plane with the inner longitudinal edge of the section 4, and the said edge of the reinforcement is longitudinally slotted directly below the plane of the under face of the base portion of the member 4-. The tongue 15 enters groove 10, so that the edge of the reinforcement is provided with a substantially bayonet slot. In assembling the chair, the edges of the base plates of the members of the chair are brought together, and section 3 is slid longitudinally of section t until the groove of the reinforcement 9 passes over the lower wall or tongue of the bayonet slot, while the tongue provided upon the outer edge of the reinforcement 9 is received within the depressed groove 16 of the said bayonet slot of the reinforcement 11. The chair is then secured to the rail ends through the medium of the usual bolts and nuts.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1- In a rail joint, the combination with the meeting ends of two rails, of a chair, said chair comprising two members each including a base upon which the rails rest, each having an inturned angular flange which overlies the base flange of the rails and a vertical plate which engages the webs and one of the underfaces of the heads of the rails, one of the said members having its side centrally formed with an outwardly projecting reinforcement which has its upper portion extending above the edge of the plate to provide a crest for said section of the chair, the base plates of both of said sections being centrally formed with transverse depending enlargements, one of which being formed with the aforementioned reinforcement of one of the said sections, the said enlargement terminating flush with the inner longitudinal edge of the base of the section and being recessed inwardly and horizontally below the said section, the recess terminating in a vertically disposed longitudinally extending channel, the reinforcing enlargement of the second chair section projecting beyond the outer longitudinal edge of the said section and having its inner edge upon the base of the said section formed with an outwardly extending longitudinally disposed book which is adapted to be received within the substantially L-shaped recess provided by the first section, and means for securing the sections to the rails.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT C. MORROW.

Witnesses EUGENE LAMOND, M. DUMAIS.

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